TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ravindran,A.
AU  - Reklaitis,G.V.
AU  - Ragsdell,K.M
TI  - Engineering optimization: methods and applications 
SN  - 0471558141
AV  - TA342 .R44 2006
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - John Wiley and Sons
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Mathematical optimization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents; 1	Introduction to optimization; 2	Functions of a single variable; 3	Functions of several variables; 4	Linear programming; 5	Constrained optimality criteria; 6	Transformation methods; 7	Constrained direct search; 8	Linearization methods for constrained problems; 9	Direction generation methods based on linearization; 10	Quadratic approximation methods for constrained problems; 11	Structured problems and algorithms; 12	Comparison of constrained optimization methods; 13	Strategies for optimization studies; 14	Engineering case studies; App. A	Review of linear algebra; App. B	Convex and concave functions; App. C	Gauss-Jordan elimination scheme
ER  -